Dems charge Bush dragging feet on helping Katrina victims(radio address)

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In the year since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration has been sluggish in helping devastated areas recover, a prominent Mississippi Democrat said in his party's Saturday radio address.

"Unfortunately, though there has been progress to remedy the problems caused by Hurricane Katrina, here we are one year later and many residents still remain displaced and homes and communities still need to be rebuilt," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi.

"In my own home state, thousands of people are still homeless. And throughout the Gulf Coast, 80 percent of businesses with approved federal disaster loans are still waiting for their money."

Thompson said Democratic efforts to jump-start reconstruction efforts were undermined by Republicans, who "let partisanship get in the way of doing the right thing."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/02/Dems.radio.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Congressman Bennie Thompson Delivers Democratic Radio Address
http://www.dnc.org/a/2006/09/congressman_ben_1.php

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1. Show us the money

And mind you, we aren't asking for hand outs, just loans and jump starts to get some footing.

See my journal article linked in my sig, the red tape and delays are maddening and exhausting. :(

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2. Go Bennie Thompson!! Nice to hear from MS

All the reports here are that Mississippi is way ahead of Louisiana in its recovery. However, no matter what the numbers say, people are still suffering there. I'm glad to see a Mississippi representative stand up and go public with the unacceptable rate of recovery down here on the Gulf Coast. Keep it up Bennie! I wish only the best for my Mississippi neighbors and their recovery!

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3. Is anyone possibly surprised ?

He is a sociopathic asshole.

New Orleans is a Dem stronghold.

He will not do ANYTHING he doesn't have to do for us.

May he burn in hell.

He was here last week, treading on the grave of thousands and promising things he knew he would not deliver.

Fuck him.

[Cha]

4. Good subject to address right now!

Who cares what bush is sayin' about "no civil war in Iraq"(that reveals itself)..Get some help for New Orleans and other areas devastated by Katrina while bush was eatin' mccain cake and playin air geetar with some yahoo in Cal.

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5. Well, now, there's a duh moment

It isn't opinion that this administration hasn't done much to help the Gulf Coast, those are just facts on the ground.